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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42356	A humble acknowledgment of the sins of the ministery of Scotland	Guthrie, James, 1612?-1661.	1653 (1653)	Wing G2262; ESTC R204011	9,153	19

to heart the sad and heavy sufferings of the people of God abroad and the not thriving of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and the power of godliness among them 19. Refined hypocrisie desiring to appear what indeed we are not 20. Studying more to learn the language of Gods people not their exercise 21. Artificiall confessing of sin without repentance professing to declare iniquity and not resolving to be sory for sin 22. Confession in secret much slighted even of these things whereof we are convinced 23. No Reformation after solemn acknowledgments and private Vows thinking our selves exonered after Confession 24. Readier to search out and censure faults in others then to see or take with them in our selves 25. Accounting of our estate and way according to the estimation that others have of us 26. Estimation of men as they agree with or disagree from us 27. Not fearing to meet with tryals but presuming in our own strength to go through them unshaken 28. Not learning to fear by the falls of gracious men nor mourning and Praying for them 29. Not observing particular deliverances and rods nor improving of them for the honor of God and edification of our selves and others 30. Little or no mourning for the corruption of our nature and less groaning under and longing to be delivered from that body of death the bitter root of all our other evils Secondly in our Conversation and Walk with and before these of our Flocks and others 1. FRuitless conversing ordinarily with others for the worse rather then for the better 2. Foolish jesting away time with impertinent and useles discourse very unseeming the Ministers of the Gospel 3. Spirituall purposes often dying in our hands when they are begun by others 4. Carnal familiarity with naturall wicked and Malignant men whereby they are hardened the People of God stumbled and we our selves blunted 5. Slighting fellowship with these by whom we might profit 6. Desiring more to converse with these that might better us by their parts then such as might edifie us by their graces 7. Not studying opportunities of doing good to others 8. Shifting of prayer and other duties when called thereto choosing rather to omit the same then we should be put to them our selves 9. Abusing of time in frequent recreation and pastimes and loving our pleasures more then God 10. Taking little or no time to Christian Discourse with young men trained up for the Ministery 11. Common and ordinary discourse on the Lords Day 12. Slighting Christian Admonition from any of our Flocks or others as being below us and ashamed to take light and warning from private Christians 13. Dislike of or bitternesse against such as deal freely with us by admonition or reproof and not dealing faithfully with others who would welcome it off our hands 14. Not making conscience to take pains on the ignorant and prophane for their good 15. Our not mourning for the ignorance unbelief and miscarriages of the Flocks committed unto us 16. Impatient bearing of the infirmities of others rashly breaking out against their persons more then studying to gain them from their sins 17. Not using freedom with these of our charge and for most part spending our time with them in common discourses not tending to Edification 18. Neglecting Admonition to friends and others in an evil course 19. Reservednesse in laying out our condition to others 20. Not praying for men of a contrary judgment but using reservednesse and distance from them being more ready to speak of them then to them or to God for them 21. Not weighed with the fallings and miscarriages of others but rather taking advantage thereof for justifying our selves 22. Talking of and sporting at the faults of others rather then compassionating of them 23. No pains taken in religious ordering of our families nor studying to be Paterns to other Families in the governement of ours 24. Hasty anger and passion in our Families and conversation with others 25. Covetousnesse worldly mindednesse and an inordinate desire after the things of this life upon which followeth a neglect of the Duties of our Calling and our being taken up for the most part with the things of the World 26. Want of Hospitality and Charity to the Members of Christ 27. Not cherishing Godlinesse in the People and some being afraid of it and hating the people of God for Piety and studying to bear down and quench the work of the spirit amongst them Thirdly in the discharge of Ministerial Duties Which is first in regard of labouring in the Word and Doctrine 1. NOt entertaining that edge of spirit in Ministeriall Duties which we found at the first entry to the Ministery 2. Great neglect of reading and other preparation or preparation meerly Literal and bookish making an idoll of a book which hindereth Communion with God or presuming on bygone assistance and praying little 3. Trusting to gifts parts and pains taken for preparation whereby God is provoked to blaste good matter well ordered and worded 4. Carelesse in imploying CHRIST and drawing vertue out of him for inabling us to preach in the Spirit and in power 5. In prayer for assistance we pray more for assistence to the Messenger then to the Message which we carry not caring what become of the Word if we be with some measure of assistance carried on in the Duty 6. The matter we bring forth is not seriously recommended to God by Prayer to be quickened to his People 7. Neglect of Prayer after the Word is Preached that it may receive the first and latter rain and that the Lord would put in the hearts of his People what we speak to them in his Name 8. Neglect to warn in Preaching of snares and sin in Publick affairs by some and too much frequent and unnecessary speaking by thers of Publick businesse and Transactions 9. Exceeding great neglect and unskilfulnesse to set forth the excellencies and usefulness of Jesus Christ and the New Covenant which ought to be the great subject of a Ministers Study and Preaching 10. Speaking of CHRIST more by hear-say then from knowkedge and experience or any reall impression of him upon the heart 11. The way of most Ministers Preaching too Legall 12. Want of sobriety in Preaching the Gospel not favouring any thing but what is new so that the Substantials of Religion bear but little bulk 13. Not Preaching Christ in the simplicity of the Gospel nor our selves the Peoples servants for Christ sake 14. Preaching of Christ not that the People may know Him but that they may think we know much of him 15. Preaching anent Christs leaving the Land without brokennesse of heart or up stirring of our selves to take hold of him 16. Not Preaching with bowels of compassion to them who are in hazard to perish 17. Preaching against Publick sins neither in such a way nor for such an end as we ought for the gaining of souls and drawing men out of their sins but rather because it is of our concernment to